Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive186% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
SystemAlienware 13 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180705
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 27 '18 at 13:54
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 31%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
72.4% Very good
Memory 82.4
1-Core 97.4
2-Core 185
70% 122 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 558
55% 447 Pts
64-Core 560
35% 560 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 72.4%
Great: 73%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing below potential (47th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 165
Reflection 192
Parallax 192
134% 183 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 177
Splatting 127
116% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Intel HD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0770) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
5.12% Terrible
Lighting 7.2
Reflection 9.69
Parallax 6.94
6% 7.94 fps
MRender 8.81
Gravity 6.5
Splatting 0.09
4% 5.13 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.12%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 712 496 441 494 428 446 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
186% Outstanding
Read 1,637
Write 1236
Mixed 805
SusWrite 503
232% 1,045 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 93.9
4K Mixed 59.6
197% 66.8 MB/s
DQ Read 763
DQ Write 536
DQ Mixed 640
480% 646 MB/s
Poor: 126%
This bench: 186%
Great: 259%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: M3CR022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 395 412 410 397 419 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 417
Mixed 394
SusWrite 404
95% 420 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 76.3
4K Mixed 45.2
145% 50.8 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 294
239% 339 MB/s
Poor: 86%
This bench: 105%
Great: 123%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.2% Good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 20.8
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.3
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 19.2
52% 18.1 GB/s
Latency 76.2
52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 13 R3 Builds (Compare 486 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

System: Alienware 13 R3

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